Rail Users Ireland Forum - View Single Post - [article]Iarnród Éireann admits journey times are longer

chris · 21-05-2008, 14:23

Was on the 20:45 Connolly-Belfast Central, which was replaced by a 3-car NIR CAF set. After crawling behind the southern commuters and taking 45 minutes to get to Drogheda, the driver really put his foot down and made it to Dundalk in 18 minutes. He even took the Drogheda bridge at about 45-50mph, which was...interesting. Now looking at the mileposts that was roughly 23 miles in 18 minutes, which is 76mph average. Why can't CIE ever do that? What's so pathetic about the southern commuter trains? It's not as if that stretch of line is congested.

21-05-2008, 14:23	#15
chris Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 131	Drogheda - Dundalk Was on the 20:45 Connolly-Belfast Central, which was replaced by a 3-car NIR CAF set. After crawling behind the southern commuters and taking 45 minutes to get to Drogheda, the driver really put his foot down and made it to Dundalk in 18 minutes. He even took the Drogheda bridge at about 45-50mph, which was...interesting. Now looking at the mileposts that was roughly 23 miles in 18 minutes, which is 76mph average. Why can't CIE ever do that? What's so pathetic about the southern commuter trains? It's not as if that stretch of line is congested.